UX Careers and Artificial Intelligence

If you have seen “careers” and “artificial intelligence” in the same sentence, it’s likely because there is yet another article wondering whether certain jobs will soon be done faster and more reliably by an intelligent algorithm. Employers who hire UX professionals needn’t worry about their staff being replaced by programmed intelligence any time in the near future. UX jobs are anything but routine, and they involve a high level of creativity. Creativity plus the lack of routine is where UX job security lies. Even if UX jobs aren’t disappearing, however, AI will very likely have an impact on UX careers – in fact, employers should expect to soon be adding artificial intelligence (AI) and bot-related skills and experiences to job reqs. As AI weaves its way further into products like…